FEATURE : STORAGE SOLUTIONS
BEING ABLE TO FAIL OVER TO OUR DR CENTER QUICKLY AND RELIABLY IS THE BIGGEST BENEFIT FOR US . requirements and we ’ d be exposed to the everincreasing threat of cyberattacks .”
According to the 2020 Digital Trust Report , a cyberattack causing a four-week disruption in Australia would cost the economy A $ 30 billion and 163,000 jobs .
“ Data protection is a top priority ,” Stojceski said . “ That ’ s why we didn ’ t waste any time replacing our legacy system . Backup and recovery were slow , unreliable and difficult to manage . Replication wasn ’ t easy either . We used VMware SRM to replicate , but at the time , it could only replicate at the storage level and we needed to replicate at the virtual machine level for faster DR .”
Stojceski and his colleagues contacted Sundata , its trusted technology partner and advisor for 30 years . Sundata recommended Veeam Backup & Replication .
The solution
Veeam helps Penske Australia & New Zealand keep society moving by ensuring IT systems are protected and available . Backup , replication and recovery are 90 % faster , and failover is possible for the first time , making Disaster Recovery efficient and reliable . Veeam also supports regulatory compliance and helps protect against cyberattacks .
“ Being able to fail over to our DR center quickly and reliably is the biggest benefit for us ,” Stojceski said . “ It means monitoring and maintenance services we provide to customers won ’ t be interrupted , enabling us to do our part to keep the lights on in hospitals and cities for public health and safety , confirm engines in military defense vehicles are operating at maximum capacity , and keep trucks on the road so they can deliver freight to support the economy .”
Stojceski said fast , reliable failover isn ’ t the only first that Veeam provides . SureBackup is another . It verifies the recoverability of backups , helping the IT team tick off compliance tasks for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ( SOX ), the Australian Government Information Security Manual ( ISM ) and the Australian Signals Directorate ( ASD ).
“ SureBackup makes compliance easier ,” Stojceski said . “ We ’ re owned by an American company , so that
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